May 2011 Newsletter

Image Designed by Maja BencicClub Members gathered at the Red Lobster on 183 on May 3, 2011 and enjoyed the plentiful “cheesy biscuits”.  Teams present were Brown, Connell, Davis, Martinez, Parish-Killough, Sanchez, Trevino, Wacker, Summers, and Tyrees.

President Lesli Brown opened the meeting by extending Happy Birthday wishes to our Lifetime Member Donna Heinemann on the 25th!!!  Celebrating Anniversaries this month are the Trevino’s on the 5th and the Wacker’s on the 21st!!!

Treasurer Rosemarie Trevino presented the monthly financial report.  She also mentioned that we had a total of 4 sets of magnetic signs – two were bought with money from the club and two were donated.  Should we buy more?  The group agreed to hold off on purchasing any more signs until we determine if they’re paying off by bringing in new members.

Tournament Director, Jesse Sanchez announced the winners of our April Lake Travis Tournament and presented the awards.

Club Members voted on our May Choke Canyon Tournament times to run from 6:30am to 3:00 pm and the weigh-in site will be at South Shore.  Jesse has submitted for the permit, but is still waiting to hear back.  Our July Tournament will be held on the 23rd at Lake Austin.  Jesse recognized Brent for his help as Assistant Tournament Director and for all of the support that he has provided at the past few weigh-ins.

Brent brought up the idea of taking part of the money used to buy raffle items and setting it aside for the benefit of the Club. For example, it can be used towards a donation made at the end of the year to a charity, to pay for TABC dues or expenses, or to buy things like signs or any other expenses that may come up.  After much discussion, it was decided that we are going to keep things the way they are, but we will be setting up a donation jar for club members to put donations into.  Rosemarie will keep those funds separate from the all other Club money.

Pete discussed the parades and how much fun was had by all.  He felt that the exposure at the parades has helped get the word out that we exist, but we have not seen much success from it.  The Club discussed different ideas on how to recruit new members.  President Lesli Brown is looking into posting on a Bass Fishing Forum in order to look for new recruits.  Alan suggested that we submit tournament results along with photos to TABC to have them included in their publications.  (Brent requested that Alan get him the info on who to send that to.)  Marilyn brought up the possibility of posting an article in the newspaper “Community Section” and include meeting times and dates to see if that sparks interest.  Alan suggested having a kids casting event and Brenda suggested a “take a kid fishing” event.  Robert Brown suggested going on a Radio Talk Show and discussing our club on the air.  Many ideas arose, but most required a lot of time and a great deal of planning.  The group decided to keep looking for opportunities to get our name out.

The Club voted and agreed to return for some “cheesy biscuits” next month.  We will continue meeting at Red Lobster on 183 until something better comes along.

Leslie Killough conducted the monthly prize drawing and the Trevino’s still hold the Steal Token.

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